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Add Header and Footer

Add a line of header and/or footer text to all or selected pages, with {page} and {pages} placeholders. Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Korean text is supported.

Six labeled pages. Enter a header such as Quarterly report and keep the footer Page {page} of {pages}; page 3 should then read Page 3 of 6. Latin characters only.

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Local limits: Max single file: 60 MB / Max pages: 500

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A practical guide

Add Header and Footer: a worked example

  1. Choose one PDF and enter header text, footer text or both.
  2. Use {page} and {pages} for numbers, then set alignment, font size and pages.
  3. Add the text and check the top and bottom of several pages.

Try this example

Enter Quarterly report as the header and keep Page {page} of {pages} as the footer. Page 3 of the six-page sample then reads Page 3 of 6. Emoji are rejected.

Before

  • Page 3

After

  • Header: Quarterly report
  • Footer: Page 3 of 6
Input and expected output for this operation. Illustrative example.
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What you get

Add a line of header and/or footer text to all or selected pages, with {page} and {pages} placeholders. Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Korean text is supported.

Limits and important details

Local limits: Max single file: 60 MB / Max pages: 500

Example

Enter Quarterly report as the header and keep Page {page} of {pages} as the footer. Page 3 of the six-page sample then reads Page 3 of 6. Emoji are rejected.